Fruto, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95988. The Survey maps it on the Fruto quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1919 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1919 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Fruto quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Fruto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Northern California District | THUNDER |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | STONEY |
| 26 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FRUTO |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | IVORY |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FRUTO |
| 6 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | VOGT, C |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ELK |
| 31 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | STONY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fruto: 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Mercury, Chromium, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Claims | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Levensaler and Speir Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Levensaler and Spier | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Nye Ranch | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Turner Ranch | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruto in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Fruto | - | Water ponded on County Road 306 near the Glenn - Colusa Line. |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Fruto | - | A driver along Interstate 5 saw a funnel cloud with a thunderstorm. It is unclear if it touched the ground. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Creek | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson Place | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Millsholm (historical) | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Kurand (historical) | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Chrome | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Meyers Place | 13.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bluegum | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lyman (historical) | 13.7 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fruto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5506534 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656038. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






